TROVE: The key to Scotland’s past
A great new resource available to anyone who is interested in Scotland’s history with access to historical archive Explore locations… Read More
Sanday Wreck: Researching wrecks workshops 2025
We are excited to let you know about some research workshops being held on various dates between March and September,… Read More
New characters for 2024
OAS has commissioned Alex Leonard the well known Orkney cartoonist to create four characters that depict key periods in Orkney’s… Read More
Awards for Orkney Projects !
News from Nick Card. Double success for the Ness!!! Great news from London this evening where it was announced at… Read More
OAS hosts Caroline Wickham-Jones web site.
At the beginning of last year we were asked to help out with another internet based project which we were… Read More
OAS fund New Ness book
Update from our Friends at the Ness on their big exhibition at the Orkney Museum this summer. OAS is delighted… Read More
Young Archaeology Club relaunch
YAC relaunch session on Sunday – with Dan Lee from Orkney Energy Landscapes Project Please email yacorkney@gmail.com to register &… Read More
Report of the 2023 Viking week.
Vikings are fun! Far from just being fierce warriors, the 4th Orkney Viking Week, which took place 10-17 September, explored… Read More
Amazing new find in Orkney
Archaeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of an “incredibly rare” 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney. The Neolithic site at Holm,… Read More
OAS Grant helps fund report
The OAS Grant comittee supplied a grant to help Karen Hardy to carry out some sample collecting from the Orkney… Read More